Factors associated with recent HIV testing among younger gay and bisexual men in New Zealand, 2006-2011

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Table 2 Descriptive statistics and univariate analyses of potential collinear variables with recent HIV testing of younger MSM in New Zealand 2006, 2008, 2011

	n	Recent test %	Univariate OR (95% CI)	p
Sexual health checkup or treatment^a
Yes	1552	70.8	17.76 (14.81 – 21.31)	***
No	1755	12.5	1.00 (ref.)
Recent STI diagnosis^a
Yes	294	61.6	2.70 (2.11 – 3.46)	***
No	2975	38.0	1.00 (ref.)
Belief of own HIV status
Definitely positive	29	75.9	3.85 (1.63 – 9.07)	**
Probably positive	28	17.9	0.28 (0.11 – 0.74)	*
Probably negative	921	35.3	0.67 (0.57 – 0.79)	***
Definitely negative	2132	44.7	1.00 (ref.)
Don’t know	218	12.8	0.18 (0.12 – 0.28)	***

OR adjusted odds ratio with 95%; CI confidence interval, ref. reference group. STI sexually transmitted infection. Table omits missing data. Bolded text indicates statistical significance at p<0.05.
*p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001.
^ain the last 12 months.

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